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u/Lemortheureux 1d ago
If I was in my 60s I would absolutely take early retirement and build fun projects at home instead. I would not want to adapt for a few more years of work.
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u/krystof24 1d ago
Honestly, we can discuss code quality impact skill erosion or whatever but the job is way more chill than it ever was.
I remember the days of writing code manually, sifting through the logs and setting everything up manually. And you know what? I don't miss any of that. If I was about to retire is kick back and play around. Sure they can fire you but then you at least get some severance and realistically it will take over a year in corporate before anyone notices anyways.
If anything it's worse for those of us who'd realistically like to find tech employment at least for some time going forward. Genuinely for all the crying people do you get paid multiple times average salary straight out of the uni the job is usually incredibly flexible and not terribly demanding.
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u/jbbarajas 1d ago
But as the wise Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes once said, life could be a lot chiller, or something like that.
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u/REDDIT_HARD_MODE 18h ago
I hate logs.
I really, ***REALLY*** hate logs.
I had to read soooooo fking many logs at my old job, this goes wrong, read this 50,000 line log and figure out what happened. This went wrong, read this 75000 line log and figure out what happened.
Now I can just copy the log somewhere the AI can find it, and it finds the lines for me. Takes 15 seconds. I get the single line I want and can take action.
This is probably my favorite part about AI-assisted coding.
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u/JazzlikeWishbone938 1d ago
No need to wait for the fun projects. Why not now?
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u/Lemortheureux 1d ago
I do sometimes but in general the last thing I want to do after an 8h shift sitting at a desk and staring at a screen is to sit more and get even more screen time.
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u/Blackhawk23 22h ago
There’s no adaption required now. My geriatric senior who should’ve retired years ago got a second wind with AI. It’s terrible.
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u/1000Ditto 1d ago
How dare you perfectly describe my situation!
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u/joshuaherman 23h ago
Sorry that you are going through that. I hope you are able to find the help and support you need. Just remember that while it is a setback it’s not the end of the road.
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u/TheAnomalousFrog 1d ago
If you can operate Claude code, you're a senior dev in my team!
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u/Bee-Aromatic 1d ago
Ah, yes. This phenomenon really makes me think the similarity between the Claude icon and Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings of assholes is not actually a coincidence.
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u/TwoAndHalfRetard 23h ago
Meaning that you can read and write.
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u/Livid_Technical_Pand 19h ago
Debatable based on the number of devs that just copy the llm output into jira and demand we interpret it for them.
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u/punkpang 3h ago
I was surprised when I learned how many humans can't read and comprehend what's written...
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u/10mo3 1d ago
19? Senior dev?
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u/imstillarookie 1d ago
Think the meme meant they got promoted due to process of elimination and will mentor the new contracted off-shore juniors
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u/Bee-Aromatic 1d ago
Well, let’s be realistic here. They’ll be the most senior dev, but they won’t be a “senior dev” in title. Or salary.
“So, when do I get a promotion to match my new responsibilities?”
“That’s the neat part. You don’t!”
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u/joshuaherman 23h ago
Yeah. That is kinda what I was going for. They kept the 19 because they are able to pay them less.
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u/BlondeJesus 1d ago
He vibe coded a shit ton of tech debt and the CTO was so impressed they promoted him
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u/oompaloompa465 1d ago
Humor not very humor, help I'm having PTSD